This is your weekly round-up of some of the latest court cases heard at the Isle of Wight Magistrates Court.
The defendant’s name, age, address and details of the charge(s) and sentence are published in accordance with Criminal Procedure Rule 5.8, as agreed by HMCTS and the Society of Editors and approved by the Lord Chancellor. Not all cases heard will appear on this round-up due to legal restrictions.
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Monday 16th June – Friday 20th June 2025
• Curtis Foot, 33, of Tree Fields, Ryde pleaded guilty to 2x criminal damage, 3x assault by beating and 2x common assault. He was made subject to an 18-month community order with 15 rehabilitation days attached. He was ordered to pay £357.20 compensation and £100 costs.
• Terry Brown, 44, of care of Coronation Crescent, Queenborough, Kent, pleaded guilty to 2x drug driving, 2x driving without insurance and fraudulently altering a registration mark / registration document. He was banned from the roads for 36 months, fined £120 and ordered to pay £85 costs with a £80 surcharge.
• Scott Taylor, 40, of Brook Close, Ryde pleaded guilty to failing to provide and failing to co-operate with a preliminary test. Separately he pleaded guilty to drug driving (cannabis). He was banned from driving for 36 months and made subject to a 12-month community order with 120 hours of unpaid work attached.
• Jayden Dewhurst, 20, of Hunnyhill, Newport pleaded guilty to possession of a controlled drug of Class B – Ketamine and theft from a shop. He was fined £80 and ordered to pay £85 costs and £47.20 compensation.
• Richard Wetherick, 48, of Nelson Lane, Ryde pleaded guilty to being drunk and disorderly in a public place. He was handed a 2-year conditional discharge and ordered to pay £85 costs.
Good to see not so many Numpty’s this time
round.